Different response of alpine meadow and alpine steppe to climatic and anthropogenic disturbance on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Climate change and anthropogenic disturbance are two main drivers for vegetation dynamics on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). Alpine meadow and alpine steppe are the primary rangeland ecosystem types on the QTP. However, the vegetation trends of the two land cover types and the underlying mechanis...

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Main Authors: Aihua Hao, Hanchen Duan, Xufeng Wang, Guohui Zhao, Quangang You, Fei Peng, Heqiang Du, Feiyao Liu, Chengyang Li, Chimin Lai, Xian Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421000627